NPR's Michel Martin speaks with composer Levi Taylor and librettist Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton about two new operas featuring Black female protagonists that were commissioned by the Kennedy Center's ...

Alkaio Thiele caught the acting bug early. The fourteen-year-old is bringing his own acting magic to the Disney Channel ...

DAMASCUS, Syria – There are separate lines for men and women outside a Damascus bakery – it's not polite in this city for men ...

Two Marines suspect that years of firing powerful weapons caused them to develop the same rare, and potentially fatal, brain ...

Skateboarding, Kemp suggests, can help us become more resilient. It can help us build more pride in ourselves. It can help us ...

On Broadway and national tours, the performers who substitute for various chorus members at the drop of a hat are known as "swings." Wednesday is designated "National Swing Day" in their honor.

A giant salamander called the "hellbender" is on its way to becoming an endangered species. It needs very clean water to survive and that's getting harder to find.

Negotiators in Qatar are close to a ceasefire deal that sees an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian detainees, a six ...

Negotiators in Qatar are close to a ceasefire deal that envisions an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian detainees, ...

Negotiators in Qatar are close to a cease-fire deal that envisions an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian detainees, a six-week pause in fighting and eventual withdrawal of troops from Gaza ...

For years, Tiptoe has been a beloved sight in Pacific Palisades, quietly tromping along sidewalks and growing a major social ...

Worsening wildfires are hiking up home insurance rates in California, the biggest market in the U.S. And as climate disasters ...